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Wnof 1W OREGON
Yf CllliW-L Unsettled, probabjy occa
sional rain; 'moderate 1 temperature; moderate
northeast winds. Friday Max.. 55; mln.. .4 4;
riTer, .18; rainfall. 2.4,! stationary;; atmoephere,
cloudy; wind, southwest. j i 4
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Easter Sunday April 12. See Sunday's Statesman
for special Easter offerings. Advertisement:
found here will assist yon in your. selection ct
Easter wearing apparel. . j v ; ;
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SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 4, 1925
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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VICTORIOUS IN
COURT BATTLE
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Government Sustains; Crush
ing Defeat in Prosecution
v of Oil Lease Scandal;
TriaLEscarjed
FALL, SINCLAIR, Aft
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DOHErJY CASE IS
ENDED
Indictments Dismissed By Su
preme Court; Case
Be Appealed
May
. WASHINGTON, April 3. The
government suffered a reverse to
day in its criminal prosecutions
growing out of the oil scandal.
" InJlctments returned last j June
against the central figures in the
farao js senate investigation of Al
bert B. Fair, former interior sec
retary, and Harry P. Sinclair, Ed
ward L. Doheny and his 'son, Ed
ward I. Doheny, Jr., independent
oil operator, were dismissed in
the District of Columblajsupreme
court because of the presence in
X.'.Lfie grand jury room of an assist-
' ant to the attorney general.
t Appeal to be Made j
Through District Attorney jGor-
in the case, it was announced that
an appeal would be taken to the
District of Columbia cout of ap
peals. Should the government
finally lose in this fight the way
still would be open for bresenta
i tion to a new grand jui"V of the
conspiracy charges in connection
with the lease of Teapot Dome
naval reserve to Sinclair and of
California "oil reserves tb; Doheny.
Whether a " hew grand I jury
could consider the bribers charges
against Fall and the Dobenys is
not so clear, counsel fori Sinclair
contend that the three-ypar jstat-.
nte of limitation will bejrome ef-i
tective next Tuesday, butj govern-;
ment; counsel are not epnvlnced
that the special act of congress in
1922,' extending the limitations to
six years in certain case's would
not be applicable in this Instance.
Bribery Case Reviewed!
The bribery charge grejw out of
the delivery to Fall here while he
A'as interior secretary oft' $100,
f 000 in cash. The fundlwa ad-
vanced by the elder Dohenyi and
v. .. t-1. i - r x Itr i
, S- uiuugiiL iiere iruui isvw i ur uy
" his son in the now celebrated
little black satchel. Fall gavle his
personal note 'for the amdunt and
Doheny In disclosing tha he1 had
advanced the money,: saift" it was
a loan! to a friend and had noth
ing to do with the leases.
The indictments returned
here
and ordered 'dismissed by Chief
Justice McCoy are wholly apart
from civil suits which hare been
brought by the government in
(Continne4 on pf J
Defendant in Sensational
Alienation case is not
l m 1
. Present at mai
BOLUS
IS DEFAULTED
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f V Celia Bollman, f ormef private
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y secretary. io governor tqerce ana
aeienaant in tne yiv.uuu aliena
tion suit brought by iirs. j Alice
Bozell, will default her case, it
was announced yesterday- I
The case came up for trial at 9
o'clock, Friday . morning, j with
neither Miss . Bollman nor a Repre
senting attorney . present. The
case proceeded as usual, however,
with counsel for Mrs. Bozell plead
ing his case before a . Jury' with
as much -care as if an j attorney
was present for the defendant.
Judge Kelly'a-court rponi was
packed with an audience w<ing
ot hear the details of tie sensa
tional trial. J
Testimony tending, to proVe the
statement? that Miss Bollman and
Fred Boxell. Mrs. Alice! Boaell's
husband, had registered j together
in a Centralis hotel as man and
W Oa-ife on several occasions j -'was
-"offered. Details of clandestine
meetings were given. Frequent
automobile ; trips to nearjby I cities
were alleged. " ' j ' j
The case was adjourned until
Monday! afternoon at 4! o'clock,
pending the arrival of a sritness
for the plaintiff. i ' -
Boys' Training School
General Contract Goes
to Portland Contractor
Contracts amounting to $216,-
939 for the construction of a boys'
training school a mile and a half
north of Woodburn by j the state
board of control 1 Friday. ., j The
building will be of frame construc
tion. Only boys who are not con
sidered ; incorrigible will ! be trans
ferred to this school when com
pleted. Construction is expected
to begin in about a month. :
Settergren 1 Bros! of Portland,
ith !a bid of $129,670, was
awarded the general contract in
a field of nine bidders.: The orig
iial bid was for $154,500, but the
bpard of control decided to elim
inate! a." concrete stack estimated
ajt $3030, and five fire places at
$1800.:; . -1
The electrical contract went to
State Sanitary Board Re
: fuses to Modify Restric
tions Against Calif.
i
There will
be no immediate
modification
of the quarantine
against importation of
California
cattle, sheep' and swine into Ore-
gqn, ! according to ' a j decision
reached Friday at a special- meet
tng of the state livestock sanitary
board. . : - '' j ; L i '1
! ) Reports were submitted by R;
N. Wilson, representing Governor
Richardson, of California, show
ing that there had been no cases
of hoof and mouth disease! in thai
state j among domestic j animals
since October! He admitted that
& largo number of deer on the
ranges bad been infected j but said
that nearly all of these had been
exterminated.; . ''j
I Governor Pierce said yesterday
that he was opposed to any action
that might expose Orego nlive-
stock to the disease and intimated
that in addition to protecting Ore
gon livestock, the quarantine
niight improve the Portland cattle
market.;' ; '''.;'"-T .':;7j; i :
Oregon placed a quarantine on
importation bjFCalif ornla livestock
ajt yean ago. In his efforts to
have the ban lifted, Mr. Wilson
pointed oat that Oregon was one
of the few tates that had ; not
lifted the quarantine. ! I r
At present1 California livestock
can be shipped into1 this state only
after a certificate has been issued
by the secretary of the state sani-f
tary board, j :
j Members of the senttary board
here a for the meeting Friday In
cluded Harry West, Scappoose;
Walter K. Taylor, Corvallls; Dr
B. T. Sims. Corvallis; M. ; Ri
Biggs, Prineville and J. R. Cole
Mollala. Dr.l H. Lytle, state
veternarian, acted as chairman of
the meeting
Chemistry teacher Slams t
: -Athletics" in Colleges
I COLUMBUS, ': Ohio 'April 3.)
Prof. E. G. Mahin of Purdue uni
versity caustically denonnced in
tercollegiate atheltics at the din
ner of the Ohio College associa
tion here tonight. I i j
1 Intercollegiate sport, he said,
is now on a preferential basis and
the home coming football games
of colleges and universities, he
declared, 'were made the occasions
of liquor drinking debauches.
Professor Mahin' charged that the'
present! system of college football
"Is a detriment to the- health of
many- players and even to their
lives.? '- ' J i
Professor Mahin is a teacher of
analytical chemistry -at the nni-
versity. He
has not been active
as a member of the athletic gov
erning body
of the school.
Reed Takes
Two Best Out
Of
Three Falls at Albany
Robin Reed, lightweight wres
tler and winner of the" cOlympl
title in his weight, defeated Mauf
us by securing two out of three
straight! talli at the Moose gym
nasium in Albany Friday night:
j i The j San j Francisco wrestler,
Maurus; took the first fall In 34
minutes when - he ' floored Reed
with a head ( hold. In the return
meet, Reed secured a reverse scis
sors hold and tossed his contender
to the center of the mat, flat on
his back. .
In the third fall Reed put a
wrist; lock on the visitor and
threw him with ease, - .
; One of the biggest crowds ever
assembled in Albany for a wrestl
ins meet packed the hall.
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LIVESTOCK BI;
IS NOT LIFTED
the Morrison Electric company of
Portland, for $10,049, seven oth
ers bidding. . Fox & Co.: of Port
land obtained the plumbing work
with a bid of $29,673, and the
heating- contract for $21,665.
I Contracts for two steel water
tanks and towers were also let by
the board, the PittsburghDes
Moines Steel company getting the
tank at the bdys' training school
for $5882, and the Chicago Bridge
& Iron Works the new tank at
the state hospital for $7820.
I When completed the boys' train
ing school will have four cottages,
a main administration and school
building. ! a kitchen and coin mis
sary, boiler house and water tank
and tower. ' I.
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IS LOCKED UP
Trial Judge Declares Four
Possible Verdicts ftpr
.Notorious Criminal
HARTFORD, Conn.. April 3.
(By the Associated Press). The
jury trying Gerald J Chapman for
murder was ordered locked up for
the night at 9:40 tonight. ' ;
Instructed by the court that it
could, under the law, return one
of four verdicts, guilty of murder
in the first degree, second degree,
manslaughter Or acquittal the
jury, before it had deliberated
four hours, had returned to court
twice for additional "instructions.
In both instances the requests
indicated that they were going
over ' with minute care the alibi
testimony introduced by a number
ot defense ; witnesses, l For the
first request was for a time tabl
of trains running out of Spring
field, Mass., for New York on Sat
urday, October 1 1; ' 192 4"j- The
second request was that the testi
mony! of the two Meriden witness
es for the prosecution be read to
them.: A'' I ; . I -I
Chapman was taken back to the
state j prison at Wethersfield tor
the night. He had spent the more
than nine hours during which the
JUry deliberated in the basement
of the court house, surrouhded by
guards :i : i I ' ! i
As i the hours dragged on with
no sign coming from the j Jury
room, Chapman, who' had been
calmly seated smoking most of
the- day, began, walking; up and
down. Although his face never
lost Its gambler's mask, his nerv
ous strides betrayed his perturba
tion. I !;; i'V I
JEGUGEK SEDS
PEOPLE TO HELL
Sinlessly Perfect Man. Never
Lived Declared . Dr. n
Charles Poling
"There is something radically
wrong, with, the man who .claims
to be sinlessly perfect. Nobody
ever lived absolutely sinless ex
cept the Man who walkea by the
Gaiiieau Sea 'centuries 'ago. That
was Jesus Christ, who lived and
died to save me." With these
words Rev. Charles S. Poling In
troduced his sermon last night at
the Presbyterian church, i "We all
like sheep have gone astray and
he hath laid on him the iniqui
ties of us all' served as the basis
for Mr. Poling's message.
- "Most triea. are selfish and bi
gotted,". continued the speaker.
"You are not complimented when
you are told the facts of your
moral condition. God says every
man has broken itli law afid is
sinful before Him. You feel in
sultd to be called a sinner, but the
fact is, we all like sheep have
gone astray!
"A lost dog finds its way back
home. A. lost sheep never1 gets
back home alone. It goes with the
flock. Its idle curiosity gets it In
to trouble. We are like sheep
we have all gone astray.
Jesus came to seek, and to save
that which is lost. He gave his
life to save yon and me.: Then, 1
am saved? You ask?. No sir!
Not unless you make Jesus Christ
your Lord and Saviour.'
"What are you going to do
about it?" challenged Mr. Poling.
"A new good moral . life . won't
save you! fcven to make Je"sus
ChrLst " your example, IS not
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GIRL'S Slim
OOESTIfllDftT
1UDDEST1U
Alienist Declares Dorothy
Eliingson, Slayer of Moth
er, Suffers From "De
mentia Praecox"
LACK OF EMOTION IS
DECLARED UNNATURAL
uiri smiles as
Witness for
Says She
High
, Prosecution
Rates
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 3.
Dorothy , Ellingsbn, the 17-year
old "jazz girl- who killed her
mother last January, was termed
in medical testimony given at her
sanity hearing before a. jury in
superior court here today a vie
urn or .dementia praecox, a person
lacking emotional balance, who
all her life .has acted without nor
mai deliberation!
and Judgment.
At 5:35 p. m. Jl
udge Louderback
adjourned 'court
until Monday
morning. The prosecution which
is resisting the efforts of the de-
fense to prove
the girl insane,
brought out on cross examination
of the defense alienists that since
her arrest she has acted in an ap
parently rational manner except
for irrational j , spells of fainting
and fits of anger, that she an
swered questionsj intelligently and
evidently comprehended all that
went on around jher.
: Alienist Takes Stand '
Dr. Frd P. Clark, medical sup
erintendent! of the state hospital
for the insane a t Stockton, defin
ing the type of dementia praecox,
from which he iiaid she suffered,
said there was "a , defect In the
organization." ! :
Dr. Clark said he based his be
lief in her insai ity on her entire
lack of any emotion. He explained
his talk With her about her moth
er's death, whicl she had brought
about without ruasn except for a
trifling quarrel ver the mather's
advice that the girl quit the night
life and get a jot). He said Doro
thy had displayed no remorse and
had told him she slept well in
Jail. . ! ; ! I
"She was dead as far as any
higher appeal wj.s concerned," the
alienist testified '
j - Sham Unveiled
Dr. Clark was reminded that
the girl had wept at times since
her imprisonment, that at other
times she had smiled and display
ed pleasure. ' : 'j i
"I would say," he replied, "that
when she wept t .was put on a
hysterical manifestation. Insane
persons, if not extremely dement
ed, know enough to do that. But
she displayed s n utter lack of
moral emotion." He defined that
as a sense of right. i He was asked
Whether 'normal persons did not
have deep emotions and suppress
them. Some could, he believed.
While the glaring searchlight
of science was turned on all; the
intimate details of her life, Doro
thy .Eliingson si it, obviously agi
tated, but with a firm grip on
herself. For the second successive
day she did lio t faint. She sat
twisting her handkerchief, but
not as violently as in the first
part of the trial when she was
swooning several times daily.
She smiled faintly when Dr.
George Ordahl, clinical psycholo
gist, testified that the tests he had
applied to her bad revealed' that
she was "not feeble minded or a
mdrbn, but had
Intelligence."
ja high average of
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MAY BE CLOSED
Dissolution o
Union School
Asked in
mitted
Petition Sub-
ito Board
The dissolution of the Gervais
Union, school district is sought by
six of the seven;
districts compris
according to pe
ing the Union,
titions presented ; calling for an
election to consider the matter.
Action is desired at the regular
annual meeting; of -the districts,
on June 1$. . '. : A :
The district has been In opera
tion for three years, with a total
valuation of $1,783,134, and a tax
rate of, 3.8 mills for the district,
" (CenUnnl a pg 4
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S CLOCKED BV
COURT fiCTlDFJ
Sale to Dollar Steamship In
terests Is Brought to Halt
By Pacific Mail j Com
pany's Order j! i
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SUPREME COURT GRANTS
TEMPORARY INJUNCTION
Provision of i Merchant Marine
; ; Act of 1920 Must Be
j Acted Upon
WASHIVP.TnTsT n C. Anril a
onclusion !to the sale to Dol-i
1 n . . ' .flL irll 1
Steamship company's!; California
Orient line was blocked tempor
arily today In, the District of Co
lumbia supreme court. ' ;
. Granting a petition! of the Pa
cific Mail. Justice Hitz issued a
temporay injunction against the
shipping : board and set April 13
forja hearing on making the or
der, permanent, 'v. n i
' Cas To Be Continued
; Extended litigation is in pros
pect1 regardless of this hearing
with the probability the supreme J
court of the United States Will
have to pass upon provisions of
the merchant, marine act of1920.
Meanwhile he PaciHc Mail will
continue to operate the five snip
ing board vessels at stake in the
service from San Francisco to
Manila unless the board should
take action to terminate the op
erating contract entered intq more
than four years ago.f j Chairman
O'Conner of the board declared
today he personally would be in
favor of terminating that contract
if the injunction was made per
manent.
! Chamberlain 1m Silent
Commenting upon ;that state-
ment, former
Senator!! George E.
Chamberlain
of Oregon r counsel
for the i Pacific Mail 1 1 interpreted
it as a willingness to drive the
Pacific Mail
out of business in
any case. He
legal steps if
if the board
course. -:
The action
would not say what
any might be laken
should add such a
of . the - Pacific! Mall
in resorting to court proceedings
was -taken, following the authori
zation of the jsale of ships to the
Dollar interests by a four to three
vote of the bpard. s
Cargoes Are Made j
The controversy has Involevd
questions of government shipping
policy and a jfight beihg compet
ing shipping tlnteresta an4 has
been charactprized with Sensa
tional charges that k monopoly
was being developed on. the Pa
cific coast. '" I !
The reverberations of the ; fight
reached such
a point it was sug
I the White House
led Upon to take a
gested that
might be cal
hand, but this became a remote
possibility forj the decision rested
entirely with J the board. I
He assume the board ha4 act
ed as it best saw fit and has taken
no part in th matterj j I
Willamette
From
Debaters Win
College of Idaho
The Willamette university men's
debate team rill meet the College
of Puggt Sound in a dual debate
tonight. The; traveling team will
meet the CPS affirmative there,
while the Willamette -affirmative
will meet the! CPS negative in the
Waller hall chapel at 7i 30 o'clock.
rThe questicjn will be, "Itesolved,
That congTessj should be given the
power to re-enact legislation de
clared unconsjtitutionali by the supreme-conrt.
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The Willamette affirmative to
speak here will be Jaines McClin
tock and iUwson Chapin, and
they will be liiet by Hester Biesen
and Allison jWetmore) who '; will
Uphold the negative ot CPsJ
This Is next to tbe'final debate
to be held on the local floor this
year and is the last debate of the
year for the two men! to' speak
for Willamette, ftawson Chapin,
senior of Salem, will close his for
ensic Work fpr ( the . universityin
this debate sis he, is o graduate
this -year.;. '.A,'. : ; - IN--' -.
j The final
debate Will : be be
tween the tra
veling team, Charles
Redding and
Joel Berreman,! and
the representatives of (Lawrence
college, to be
held here April; 8.
TEIXIXG TTtUTIJ 3PA1I
SEATTLE, April 3.U4Margaret
Allman was acquitted on-a charge
of possessing! narcotics by a fed
eral court query here - today; for
telling the trnth.
Baron Ago von Maltzan, New Ambassador from
Germany, Arrives with His Wife and Daughter
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This photograph waw taken wen
Baron "von Malttan, who succeeds
Otto Weldffldt as Ambassador at
"Washington, arrfved in New Tork
with .Baroness von MaJtzan and
their daughter Edith, aix years old.
The Baron, who Is about 66, years
(ILLE
AUTQ 5ISH0P
Monitor Man Is Instantly
Killed When Machine Is
Hit By Train
Another blind corner took a toll
of death yesterday morning when
A. N. Moshberger, station agent,
at Monitor for the " Willamette
Valley Southern, was instantly
killed when ( his machine was
struck by an Oregon Electric train
at Parker's crossing, near West
Wodburn. His wife was seriousfy
injured, although their 3-year-old
child escaped uninjured. L C
The! accident occurred shortly
after 9 o'clock Friday morning.
The car which crashed into the
automobile is operated on a short
line, and connects West Woodburn
with the terminal at Woodburn.
The crossing at which the accident
occurred is clear of all obstruction
except for a small garage, bunt a
short distance from, the tracks.
This, it is declared, cut off the
view of both the driver of the
car and the motorman until both
were within 30 feet of the cross
ing. When the crash came the car
was overturned and dragged about
60 feet. Moshberger and his wife
were thrown clear of the wreck
and about 45 feet from the cross
ing. The man was killed instant
ly, and Mrs: Moshberger was be
lieved to be suffering from a brok
en "back, although it is now be
lieved that 8he will recover. The
baby, although escaping unhurt,
was pinned in the wreck, and
(Continued on page 4)
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PUG SYSTEM
Local Conditions Warrant
.No Change in Present
Method Clubmen Hold
The special committee of the
Lions club for the investigation of
traffic conditions in the city re
ported on three of the dominant
traffic ' problems of the day.
The. committee favored the pres
ent - parking plan because of .the
local conditions. A change, would
work a hardship upon the mer
chants of the city. If the parking
system be changed. As a result
the committee recommended that
the parking places be changed
from nine feet to seven feet.
The matter of making the Pa
cific highway an arterial within
the city meets with favor of the
city officials. However, ! the en
forcement of this regulation would
depend upon the individual, be
cause 'the city has no funds with
which to employ a special officer.
. The matter ot the safety zone in
the vicinity of the Parrish school
does hot meet with the approval
ot the school officials. The city
officials are to ; erect warning
signs near the approaches to the
school la order to warn the mo
torist. Consequently,- the commit
tee - recommended that ' the club
endorse the plan advocated by the
officials.
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old. speaks Kngllsh fluently and,' is
fond, of athletic e ports. . For the
last two years h: bas been Sec
retary cf State tor Germany. Tha
Baroness la a painter and likes to
dance, . i
COURT FIGHTS
FOR H!G
Efforts Being Made to Block
Proposed Referendum
Sought By Firms
In Vjorder to offset the. -plan of
the trucking companies to secure
a referendum against the gross
earnings tax, passed by the legis
lature", the county. spurt. is discus
sing a means to - prevent such
action, in cooperation with the
statis highway commission. .
' The! trucking companies, the
county ourt declares, have en
tered referendum proceedings, not
becaufe heyj believe that the law
will be defated in the election, but
in order to save the sum of ap
proximately $500,000 which would
be collected In taxes by the etate
between now and the time the elec
tion will take! place.
"''he trucks have been using
our highways, and have been de
stroying then,, to a certain extent,
without returning Just compensa
tion for the damage they , have
done ,'1 the county commissioners
statedj "The law, as passed by
the legislature . is Just, and the
people! will uphold it in the elec
tion but with the referendum in
sigh
ted
:, the state will not be permit
to collect those taxes until
after the election.
Ti e plan which the county court
has evolved, jand which they will
take up with the state highway
commission, i would regulate the
weight' of loads that could be car
ried by the ) companies, and if
pushed to its! extent, would event
ually force them out of business.
This plan Will be followed out,
th e county judge declared, if the
trusters proceed with their refer
enda m proceedings.
CONTEST BEGINS
Thrjee Candidates Seek Hon
rs; Election Will Be
Held (Next Week
nal selection! for May queen
at Willamette university now lies
between Miss Lucia Card, Miss
Elizibeth. McClure and Mis3 Jen
hell Varidevort, as a result- of
the
nominations made at the reg-
ular
chapel hour yesterday. The
final election will be held next
weejc, the one receiving- the high
est inmber of votes will be chosen
as queen and the other two will
be the maids of honor.
Mjiss Card is from Dallas, Is a
meniber of the Delta Phi sorority
and the PhUodoslan literary soci
ety.j ! j; : j
Miss McClure, who ia from Port
land, 'is a member of the Cbresto
matheah literary society ahd tihe
Lausanne Hall club. J
- M!iss ) Vandevort, who Is frdim
Salem, is a member of the Delta
Chi j sorority and the Adelaite
literary society, ' i
r Ah plana for May daV are now
about complete and the ueen will
be assured of a full program dur
ing jthe two days of hep reign.
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fffl DAY QUEEN
nnnQfiimPTn
UUIrfliyil I I LL 1 u
FIX DATE FOfi
FLMEElli
Committee Will Complete
Final Plans at Special
Meeting to Be Held This
Morning
PROPOSED PLANT WILL
COST OVER $300,000
Portion of Funds Pledged;
Polk County Developing
I Flax Growing
Salem's flax committee of the
Chamber of CommerceJlast night
completed preliminary plans for
a big general mass meeting, the
date to be Bet by the Committee
today. I
At a meeting held Friday after
noon the committee "set the goal
for a flax manmacturlng: plant at
$300,000, of which amount S. M.
Sanson, of Toronto, Canada, flax
expert and linen manufacturer.
nas promised.. to contribute $50,,
000, while Silverton and Albany
have promised to contribute simi
lar sums. . The remainder of the
will be raised locally.
Hanson Recommended
After Mr. Sanson's first appear
ance in the city a committee was
appointed to satisfy themselvea
that the manufacturer's character
deliability and financial standing;
were all they were . supposed to
be. This committee last night
placed their official endorsement
upbn Mr. Sanson in making a re
port. !. I ,
in addition to this report, a
number, ot Salem business men
will go oh record in the near fu
ture -to show that they approve
of the linen milL" project- Alt
of these reports will be submitted
at the general mass meeting to be
held later. . .
Recognizing Mr. Sanson's abili
ty and experience, he will be asked
to supervise the erection of th
linen manufacturing plant and
supervise operations until the mill
is a going concern. I
Interest Is Cirowing
I When Mr. Sanson first come
to Salem and explained the var
ious goods that ! could be manu
factured, he stated that no effort
would be made, should 'e decide
to invest in a plant here, to man
ufacture any of the fancy grades
of cloth but would confine hi
activities , to what Is known to
the trade as "bread and butter"
stuff, consisting of some of the
simpler grades.!
Interest in the linen manufac
turing industry la spreading
throughout the entire Willamette
alley, which is particularly ad
opted to the , growing of flax.
T. B. Kay, state treasurer and
woolen mill manufacturer who is
also interested .in thlg industry,
has appeared In rarious towns in
the district and has been enthus
iasticolly received.
Polk county is becoming more
than interested in the flax grow
ing Industry and funds have been
voted by the Dallas Chamber of
Commerce to test the flax culture
ana to promote the flax and linen
industry In Polk county. As a
result of this move flaxTseed will
be planted in a score of plots In
a score of plots in various parts
of the country.
Tolk Planting Flax
I (Continued on paga 3) "
FRIDAY
IN WASHINGTON
John Van A. McMurray, assist
ant secretary of Etate. was se
lected jaa minister, to China.
&,a.lilAt.l " H J . ' '..
Aicoiucuh v-uuiiuge, it was an
nounced, expects to attend tha
Norse-American celebration at St.
Paul June 8.
-
Secretary Weeks suffered a
mild throrabosial stroke,, and re
ports were revived that he eooa
would retire from the cabinet.
-'
A paraphrase of the Feruvim,
memorial on Tacna-Arica bcca:ao
available, containing aysursat
that the arbital award will be ao-
cepted. ...
,
Short line railroads were av?i
orlzed by the Interstate tonne rr i
proposed Xi.Vel Flate i :iroi
mergir hearlus.